Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
» Recent attendance figures: 4/15 Raw in Dublin, Ireland drew a sellout of just under 9,000 fans paying $700,000; a second Raw live event in Dublin on 4/16 drew a sellout of just under 9,000 fans paying $700,000; 4/17 Raw in Glasgow, Scotland drew a sellout of 6,500; 4/19 Raw in Nottingham, England drew a sellout 9,000 fans; 4/16 SmackDown/ECW in Cologne, Germany drew 10,000 fans paying $800,000; and 4/19 SmackDown/ECW in Vienna, Austria drew a sellout of 10,000.
» There was some backstage heat on WWE Women’s Champion Melina for openly complaining about being drafted to SmackDown last week, reports www.prowrestling.NET. Her complaints about being moved to the blue brand have generally drawn eye-rolling and laughter from the wrestlers, who feel she had to know it was a possibility to be drafted just like everyone else. The three-time WWE Women’s Champion has worked hard to improve her reputation in the locker room in the last year or so, but she is once again upsetting people with her behavior.
» In recent weeks, SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero has been getting a crash course in wrestling so she can eventually compete in the ring.
Jeff Hardy DONE w/ WWE As Of TODAY – Backlash Match CANCELLED!
Various: NJPW Announces Opponent for Hiromu Takahashi’s Final NJPW Singles Match at 2/8 Road to The New Beginning 2026 Event, Current Card for 2/5 TNA Impact! Show, Current Card for 2/5 ROH x MPX Global Wars Show, Indies/Misc.
AEW: Bobby Lashley on “Think Of How Big Of A Star You Can Make Will Ospreay, He Checks All The Boxes”, Queen Aminata Neck Injury Update, “Speedball” Mike Bailey on If Pro Wrestlers Count As Being Heroes
WWE: Joe Hendry on His NXT Title Victory, Brie Bella on Bryan Danielson Has Been Training Her for WWE Return & How She Kept Being Told “No” For Previous Return Attempts, Corey Graves Teaching Sports Broadcast Class at Point Park College




